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Copying the Koran, One Book at a Time (New York Times) Two shows on calligraphy and the Koran at the Asia Society are perfect in size and proportion, gorgeous, and worthy of the book they honor. us.rd.yahoo.com
Osama not the face of Indian Muslim (The Times of India) Every time bomb blasts rock an Indian city, police and media zoom in on 'culprits' who idolize Osama bin Laden, the name that is synonymous with Islamist terrorism. us.rd.yahoo.com
Osama not the face of Indian Muslim (The Times of India) Ishtiyaque Danish, who was present at the founding conference of SIMI and now teaches at Hamdard University, assesses the influence of international Islamist radicalism on Indian Muslims. us.rd.yahoo.com
Nigeria: Ramadan - Ulama's Agenda for Social Change (AllAfrica.com) The month of Ramadan is best known as the month of fasting but it is also the time for spiritual growth and reflection for Muslims. us.rd.yahoo.com
Faculty frosh (Dalnews) Say 'hi' to the new guys (and gals). Dalnews introduces you to a few of the new professors behind the lectern in your classroom. us.rd.yahoo.com
New DVD releases: 'Iron Man' and more (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) Iron Man Robert Downey Jr. Paramount The Marvel Comics superhero blasts onto the big screen with flying colors. Playboy industrialist Tony Stark has a change of heart when his company's high-tech weaponry lands in the wrong hands. Downey's restless energy... us.rd.yahoo.com
How a Sufi spiritual pledge becomes an act of terrorism (Crikey) According to a report in today’s Australian, my simple act of formally pledging allegiance to a Sufi order (known in Arabic as a “bay’ah”) has just been declared a “Muslim terrorist vow”, writes Irfan Yusuf . us.rd.yahoo.com
Center for Islamic Pluralism [CIP ] Presents 'Radical Islam and Its Muslim Critics' (PR Newswire via Yahoo! News) A Day of Events in Washington, DC us.rd.yahoo.com
THE OTHER ISLAM (New York Post) One day in 1979, Stephen Schwartz went into a famous bookshop in Paris and found a book by a Rabbi Ariel Bension about the relationship between Jewish and Muslim mysticism. This, he says, was a turning point in his life. However intelligent and even... us.rd.yahoo.com
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